Bleeding man saved by Washington State Patrol was wanted by the FBI

A Washington State Patrol trooper cadet used his new training Wednesday night to save the life of a man who was bleeding badly from an injured arm. And as it turned out, the man was wanted by the FBI.

Trooper Cadet Michael Pease and his training officer, Trooper Eugene Trevino, were driving on Highway 27 just south of 32nd Avenue around 7 p.m. Wednesday when they clocked a car going 92 miles per hour with its hazard lights on. When they tried to pull over the car, it stopped in the middle of the road and a woman covered in blood got out, said State Patrol spokesman Trooper Jeff Sevigney.

The woman said she was driving an injured man to the hospital. Pease used a tourniquet he was carrying in his ankle holster and applied it to the man’s arm, likely saving his life, Sevigney said.

The bleeding man, identified as 22-year-old Brian E. Sczenski, was also treated by paramedics before being taken to Sacred Heart Medical Center.

But the troopers quickly learned that Sczenski was wanted for driving under the influence and attempting to elude a police vehicle. He was also wanted by the FBI on a federal warrant for assault, theft and robbery for an incident on the Coeur d’Alene Reservation in April.

Sczenski apparently cut his arm in a domestic violence incident in Worley, Idaho, when he punched through a window, Sevigney said. His companion, identified as 38-year-old April Havier, is facing a charge of obstructing a law enforcement officer for allegedly lying about Sczenski’s identity.

Pease is part of the first class of cadets to be trained to use the tourniquet as well as QuikClot combat gauze in their first aid training. Troopers are required to have both items on their person at all times, Sevigney said.

This year all the WSP troopers and sergeants either have been trained or are being trained to use both items, he said.